6 Amendments of Ivari PADAR related to 2012/2092(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that, while the EU budget cannot be exempted from budget discipline that affects all national budgets,Strongly deplores the across the board cuts adopted by the Council compared to the Commission's proposals in both commitments and payments; is astonished by the inability of the Council to justify these cuts and to set clear political priorities; is of the opinion that the efforts to rationalizeincrease efficiency of external relations budget should primarily take the form of a search for synergies, and control of increases or, if necessary, scaling down of programs without European added-value; stresses, however, that EU's vital foreign policy interests shall not be jeopardised;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls its critical assessment1 of the Draft Budget proposed by the Commission which already falls short of delivering all Union's political priorities in the field of external relations; is therefore determined, beyond the restoration of the Draft Budget 2013 as proposed by the Commission, to endow the EU budget with the necessary means to deliver its political priorities, including through the use of all means available in the 17 May 2006 IIA, in particular points 21 to 23, and point 27; ______________ 1 Text adopted, P7_TA-PROV(2012)0289 - 4.7.2012 - on the mandate for the trilogue on the 2013 Draft Budget (2012/2016(BUD))
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is of the opinionReiterates that Eastern and Southern neighbours and particularly the developments in the Southern Mediterranean remain a priority, and that the Draft Budget represents an adequate basis for the Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument, based on the more for more principle and to guarantee an efficient and ambitious rolefollowing the Arab Spring remain a priority, based on the more for more principle and to guarantee an efficient and ambitious role of the EU; rejects, in this regard, the decrease of both in commitments and payments appropriations for the European Neighbourhood and Partnership (ENP) financing proposed by the Council; recalls that the Council agreed in 2011 with the content of the Joint Communication on a new response to a changing Neighbourhood, acknowledging the need to provide greater support to partners engaged in building deep and sustainable democracy; is strongly convinced that the Commission's originally proposed increase in commitments for ENPI by EUR 51,7 million, is the minimum needed for promoting security, democracy and prosperity in the Neighbourhood region, where economic development and stability are in the direct interest of the EUnion;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points that cuts in both commitment and payment appropriations proposed by Council for administrative expenditures linked to all Multi annual programs (DCI, IPA, ENPI, EIDHR, IFS, ICI) will jeopardize the good implementation of these programs; underlines that these appropriations are used, amongst other, for enabling the external staff at delegations to carry out activities of devolved programme management in the Union delegations in third countries, as well as for information systems, and other back-up activities directly linked to the achievement of the objective of a respective programme; believes that these cuts lead to reduction of the quality of performance by staff in Union's delegations;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the savings achieved by the EEAS in 2012, and the continuation of this trend in 2013, and takes note of the necessary phasing-in period; considersnotes, however, that, despite high structural expenses (in great majority payroll), the Service cannot be exempted from the scaling down exercise that should apply to all EU institutions, and proposes therefore to limit the variation over 2012 budget to a more appropriate level. the Union delegations' network needs to be enhanced to meet the Union's political priorities and in times of austerity to substitute for weakened Member States embassies; rejects, in this regard, the decrease in both commitments and payments appropriations in of the EEAS budget (- 28 Million EUR);
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Recalls that the Instrument for Stability provides funds in situations of crisis or emerging crises, when timely financial help cannot be provided from other EU sources; considers that the proposed reduction by Council of both payments and commitments appropriations for the IfS’s for 2013 is disproportionate and inconsistent with political priorities and ignores the fragile political climate in many regions in our neighbourhood and beyond; reminds that proposed decrease in commitments appropriation refers to the amount already decreased by the Commission in the Draft budget as compared to Financial programming (-41,4 million EUR); advocates that this amount must not be further decreased in order to ensure immediate Union response to crisis situation.